Suicide Squad #35

The cover tagline "Female Fury" sets a charged tone for this 1989 DC issue, and Luke McDonnell and Karl Kesel deliver on that promise with a scene of full-blown chaos — a blue-suited figure in a cybernetic helmet charges forward amid a field of downed Squad members, including a star-spangled woman, a figure in yellow-and-green, and several others strewn across the rubble while fire erupts in the background. Writer John Ostrander's "That Hideous Strength" promises the kind of brutal, morally complicated mission that made this series one of DC's most gripping team books of its era. If you like your superhero comics with genuine stakes and a team that looks genuinely beaten up before the story's even told, this is a strong place to look.